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So despite the fact that I've closed the cursor, its still showing up in the count. And I understand that -- when you execute an SQL statement, there is a shared SQL area in the SGA, an instantiation in the PGA, and a statement handle in the client environment. Each of these is called a "cursor" in various contexts. In closing the cursor, the statement handles in my client environment (PL/SQL) but the corresponding instantiation in the PGA remains cached, which is what statistic# 3 is counting.